GOVERNOR CUOMO UPDATES NEW YORKERS ON STATE’S PROGRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

By CUOMO PRESS OFFICE | December 5, 2020


Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 6.17 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 4.59 Percent  

Statewide Positivity Rate is 4.99 Percent

69 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“I understand New Yorkers may be feeling COVID fatigue, especially now that we have entered the holiday season and the first batch of vaccines is a couple weeks away, but if there was ever a time to double down and be vigilant, it’s now,” Governor Cuomo said. “We continue to implement our data-driven winter plan and we are laser focused on making sure New York’s hospitals have enough capacity. What’s troubling is we are seeing a new trend where the majority of cases are traced to households and private gatherings. The federal government continues to overlook the black, brown, and poor communities in its vaccine plan and hasn’t provided the funding necessary for the states to administer it. These are real problems, and if left unaddressed they could undermine the effectiveness of the entire program. While we won’t stop fighting until these problems are addressed, New Yorkers need to do their part too. They already did the best job in the country the first time around, going from the highest infection rate to one of the lowest, and I have no doubt if we continue to stay smart, we will get through this together — stronger, tougher and more loving than before.”

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state’s Micro-Cluster strategy is 6.17 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 4.59 percent. Within the focus areas, 54,956 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 3,389 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 160,445 test results were reported, yielding 7,372 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

 

STATEWIDE 11/8- 11/14 % Positive 11/15- 11/21 % Positive 11/22- 11/28 % Positive Current 7-day rolling average Day Prior (12/03) % Positive Yesterday (12/04) % Positive    
   
   
All focus area statewide % positive 4.81% 4.51% 5.14% 6.25% 7.35% 6.17%    
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included 2.86% 2.89% 3.52% 4.84% 5.41% 4.99%    
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included 2.47% 2.44% 3.02% 4.37% 4.79% 4.59%    

 

Micro-cluster zone 7-day average positivity rates for today, yesterday, the day before, last week, and the week prior is below:

 

FOCUS ZONE 11/8- 11/14 % Positive 11/15- 11/21 % Positive 11/22- 11/28 % Positive Day Prior 7-day Rolling Average Yesterday 7-day Rolling Average Current 7-day Rolling average    
   
   
Erie orange-zone focus area % positive 7.22% 7.30% 7.20% 7.67% 7.67% 7.63%    
Erie Yellow-zone focus area % positive 5.34% 7.36% 6.83% 8.18% 8.35% 8.75%    
Niagara Yellow -zone focus area % positive 5.10% 4.44% 7.35% 8.51% 8.51% 8.91%    
Monroe Orange-zone focus area % positive 4.41% 4.17% 6.59% 7.20% 7.68% 7.41%    
Monroe Yellow-zone focus area % positive 5.95% 3.58% 5.62% 6.48% 7.17% 7.01%    
Onondaga Orange-zone focus area % positive 6.26% 5.34% 6.13% 5.66% 6.27% 5.60%    
Onondaga Yellow-zone focus area % positive 6.03% 4.50% 5.09% 5.74% 6.00% 5.40%    
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.40% 3.40% 3.61% 4.48% 4.68% 4.80%    
Bronx East Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.81% 3.52% 4.47% 5.25% 5.41% 5.57%    
Bronx West Yellow -zone focus area % positive 3.80% 4.70% 4.64% 5.34% 5.43% 5.35%    
Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.92% 3.70% 5.64% 7.62% 8.07% 8.53%    
Rockland Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.55% 3.39% 3.94% 5.05% 5.47% 5.56%    
Chemung Orange-zone focus area % positive 4.59% 4.71% 6.46% 5.97% 6.38% 6.29%    
Staten Island Orange-zone focus area % positive 5.24% 4.96% 4.75% 6.69% 7.20% 7.58%    
Staten Island Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.75% 3.61% 4.08% 4.88% 5.26% 5.53%    
Tioga Yellow-zone focus area % positive 10.81% 5.60% 3.10% 6.14% 5.80% 5.48%    
Orange Middletown – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.81% 5.41% 3.81% 6.30% 7.07% 8.17%    
Orange Newburgh – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 8.07% 7.89% 8.57% 7.33% 7.04% 7.37%    
Manhattan-Washington Heights-Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.23% 3.39% 3.40% 4.07% 4.36% 4.51%    
Nassau-Great Neck-Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.69% 3.69% 3.93% 4.47% 4.48% 4.97%    
Nassau Massapequa Park -Yellow-zone focus area % positive 4.64% 4.15% 5.12% 6.61% 6.88% 7.02%    
Suffolk-Hampton Bays-Yellow-zone focus area % positive 9.26% 5.69% 7.00% 5.73% 6.02% 6.33%    
Suffolk-Riverhead-Yellow-zone focus area % positive 4.80% 4.85% 3.49% 3.97% 4.50% 5.03%    
Westchester Peekskill – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 10.36% 7.15% 7.23% 10.10% 9.68% 10.51%    
Westchester Ossining – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 9.88% 10.22% 9.96% 9.77% 8.93% 8.72%    
Westchester Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 8.47% 8.27% 7.05% 4.56% 5.36% 6.22%    
Westchester Yonkers – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 4.48% 4.11% 4.84% 4.69% 4.61% 5.13%    
Westchester New Rochelle – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 6.46% 5.68% 5.44% 5.77% 5.67% 5.86%    
Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus area % positive 9.34% 7.59% 7.21% 8.58% 10.27% 11.27%    

 

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

 

  • Patient Hospitalization – 4,318 (+96)
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 621
  • Hospital Counties – 56
  • Number ICU – 825 (+30)
  • Number ICU with Intubation – 435 (+32)
  • Total Discharges – 87,473 (+445)
  • Deaths – 69
  • Total Deaths – 27,089

 

Each region’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

 

REGION WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE
Capital Region 3.5% 5.1% 4.9% 4.32%
Central New York 5.6% 5.9% 5.4% 5.48%
Finger Lakes 6.8% 8.5% 6.2% 6.56%
Long Island 5.6% 5.9% 5.6% 5.20%
Mid-Hudson 5.6% 6.6% 6.9% 5.77%
Mohawk Valley 5.6% 7.6% 7.2% 6.09%
New York City 4.1% 4.3% 3.8% 3.99%
North Country 4.3% 6.3% 3.3% 4.12%
Southern Tier 3.3% 2.4% 2.6% 2.63%
Western New York 6.1% 8.2% 7.6% 7.44%

 

Each New York City borough’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

 

BOROUGH WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE
Bronx 4.9% 4.6% 4.4% 4.60%
Brooklyn 4.3% 4.4% 4.0% 3.91%
Manhattan 2.6% 2.8% 2.4% 2.68%
Queens 4.3% 4.7% 4.3% 4.33%
Staten Island 5.7% 6.2% 6.1% 6.03%

 

Of the 696,125 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

 

County Total Positive New Positive
Albany 6,571 165
Allegany 1,182 55
Broome 5,875 107
Cattaraugus 1,374 83
Cayuga 1,068 51
Chautauqua 1,841 64
Chemung 3,395 85
Chenango 710 28
Clinton 532 8
Columbia 1,086 13
Cortland 1,176 36
Delaware 420 19
Dutchess 7,955 157
Erie 28,681 778
Essex 311 6
Franklin 305 12
Fulton 595 42
Genesee 1,269 67
Greene 785 27
Hamilton 60 4
Herkimer 847 25
Jefferson 757 63
Lewis 459 9
Livingston 855 40
Madison 1,127 47
Monroe 18,453 543
Montgomery 601 42
Nassau 64,359 698
Niagara 4,678 199
NYC 327,879 3,229
Oneida 6,050 290
Onondaga 12,358 425
Ontario 1,575 54
Orange 18,018 302
Orleans 693 21
Oswego 1,980 97
Otsego 716 28
Putnam 3,233 126
Rensselaer 2,034 66
Rockland 22,633 212
Saratoga 2,672 91
Schenectady 2,957 138
Schoharie 235 15
Schuyler 350 12
Seneca 370 11
St. Lawrence 1,083 19
Steuben 2,016 59
Suffolk 65,993 1,064
Sullivan 2,288 27
Tioga 1,228 20
Tompkins 1,279 38
Ulster 3,773 76
Warren 646 15
Washington 483 13
Wayne 1,347 47
Westchester 53,944 758
Wyoming 668 26
Yates 297 9

 

Yesterday, 69 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 27,089. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

 

Deaths by County of Residence
County New Deaths
Allegany 1
Bronx 1
Broome 1
Cayuga 1
Chemung 2
Chenango 2
Dutchess 2
Erie 10
Kings 2
Livingston 1
Manhattan 6
Monroe 5
Nassau 3
Niagara 4
Oneida 3
Onondaga 2
Orange 1
Oswego 1
Queens 1
Rensselaer 1
Richmond 4
Rockland 1
St. Lawrence 2
Steuben 2
Suffolk 8
Ulster 1
Wayne 1

 

 

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